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Primary Venture Partners · 1 month ago

Associate, Cyber

New York, NY

Full-time

Hybrid

Entry, Mid Level

2+ years exp

Primary Venture Partners is a seed-stage venture capital firm dedicated to supporting transformational businesses. They are seeking an Investment Associate to assist in finding and conducting diligence on cybersecurity businesses while also supporting incubation efforts in their venture studio, Primary Labs.

Developer ToolsE-CommerceFinTechGenerative AIHealth CareManufacturingPropTechSmall and Medium BusinessesSupply Chain Management

Responsibilities

Deal Sourcing: Conduct market research and actively seek out promising investment opportunities startups through various channels. Represent the firm to conduct an initial screen of prospects. Outbound potential founders. Hunt for deals while also being able to separate the signal from the noise

Due Diligence: Perform thorough due diligence on potential investments including financial analysis, market assessment, competitive landscape evaluation, and team assessment. Independently run diligence processes with assistance from the Partner, effectively prioritizing diligence areas, synthesizing diligence work

Financial Analysis: Own relevant analyses for potential opportunities including financial, market sizing, unit economics, and cap table modeling

Portfolio Support: Provide ongoing support to existing portfolio companies by coordinating with the portfolio impact team

Incubations: Help Tobias on his work with Primary Labs to incubate new businesses and provide ad-hoc support where needed. This includes things like building pipeline of design partners, hunting down experts in a given market and tearing down breakout companies to identify key insights around what made them successful that could be applied to other verticals

Market Insights: Stay on top of industry trends, news, and regulatory developments. Surface regular market insights and lead research on thematic deep dives on new potential investment areas

Network Expansion: Cultivate and maintain relationships with key stakeholders in the cyber community, including founders, CISOs, industry experts, talented operators, and other investors

Thought Leadership: Represent the firm at industry events, conferences, and panels. Support and execute on strategic brand building and thought leadership initiatives

Firm Building: Support Partners with ongoing LP reporting and other firm building initiatives

Qualification

Venture Capital ExperienceCybersecurity KnowledgeFinancial AnalysisMarket ResearchRelationship BuildingAnalytical ThinkingEntrepreneurial SpiritFast LearnerCommunicator

Required

Must be available to work full-time in NYC

2-4 years of relevant experience in venture capital or related investing roles with experience specifically in cyber and early stage investing

Entrepreneurial Spirit: You have an entrepreneur's intrinsic motivation and are capable of independently running with business ideas with substantial ambiguity. You are resourceful, passionate about ownership and willing to hustle to win deals

Deeply curious: You have a strong desire to become an expert in a certain industry or business model and are willing to put in the work to do so

Analytical-thinker: You have a strong grasp of what makes a good business. You're comfortable with financial statements & models and concepts and can quickly assess the feasibility and scalability of a new venture idea

Relationship-builder: You're comfortable developing relationships with industry leaders from the ground up and have a deep knowledge of technology investing as well as a strong understanding of the VC ecosystem

Fast-learner: You're able to learn rapidly, develop a strong point of view, and communicate compelling narratives

Strong communicator: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to present complex ideas in a clear and concise manner